Apathy Quotes

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  I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving a damn.

  Leo Buscaglia

  Love, Strong, Hate

  LEO BUSCAGLIA, PH.D. (1982). “LIVING, LOVING & LEARNING”

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• The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

  Plato

  Plato, Freedom, Men

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  The greatest danger to our future is apathy.

  Jane Goodall

  Inspirational, Peace, Grace

  "The Power of One" by Jane Goodall, content.time.com. August 26, 2002.

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  The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.

  Elie Wiesel

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  US News & World Report, October 27, 1986.

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• Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear.

  Dan Millman

  Inspirational, Motivational, Fear

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  The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.

  Albert Einstein

  Peace, Integrity, Patriotic

  "The Harper Book of Quotations Revised Edition". Book by Robert I. Fitzhenry, p. 356, 1993.

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• The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.

  Robert M. Hutchins

  Freedom, Patriotic, Democracies Have

  Great Books of the Western World vol. 1, ch. 10 (1952)

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• Apathy is the acceptance of the unacceptable.

  John Stott

  Acceptance, Religion

  John Stott (2013). “Through the Bible, Through the Year: Daily Reflections from Genesis to Revelation”, p.129, Candle Books

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• Apathy is the self-defense of the powerless.

  Letty Cottin Pogrebin

  Self, Defense, Powerless

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• Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Apathy is a spiritual numbness that creeps in and corrupts the good that God intends for our life and the good that He wants us to accomplish for Him and His kingdom.

  Elizabeth George

  Spiritual, Numbness, Want

  Elizabeth George (2014). “A Woman's Walk with God: Growing in the Fruit of the Spirit”, p.143, Harvest House Publishers

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  If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.

  Desmond Tutu

  Bullying, Peace, Elephants

  FaceBook post by Desmond Tutu from Jan 22, 2014

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• Scientists announced today that they have discovered a cure for apathy. However, they claim no one has shown the slightest interest in it.

  George Carlin

  Today, Scientist, Claims

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• Government is at its worst when you have apathy from its citizens.

  Jesse Ventura

  Government, Citizens, Worst

  Twitter post from Sep 24, 2014

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• Apathy is one of the characteristic responses of any living organism when it is subjected to stimuli too intense or too complicated to cope with. The cure for apathy is comprehension.

  John Dos Passos

  Complicated, Intense, Characteristics

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• I don't know, I don't care, and it doesn't make any difference.

  Jack Kerouac

  Wisdom, Caring, Differences

  Jack Kerouac (1999). “Selected Letters, 1957-1969”, Viking Adult

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• There can be no transforming of darkness into light and of apathy into movement without emotion.

  Carl Jung

  Inspiring, Inspiration, Emotional

  "Psychological Aspects of the Mother Archetype". Lecture by Carl Jung, 1938.

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• The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Peace, Soulmate, Honesty

  The Devil's Disciple (1901) act 2

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• Some people confuse acceptance with apathy, but there's all the difference in the world. Apathy fails to distinguish between what can and what cannot be helped; acceptance makes that distinction. Apathy paralyzes the will- to- action; acceptance frees it by relieving it of impossible burdens.

  Arthur Gordon Webster

  Acceptance, Differences, People

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• Tolerance is the last virtue of a depraved society. When you have an immoral society that has blatantly, proudly, violated all of the commandments of God, there is one last virtue they insist upon: tolerance for their immorality.

  D. James Kennedy

  Tolerance, Dying, Lasts

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• Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don't know and I don't care.

  Jimmy Buffett

  Ignorance, Empathy, Sloppiness

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• Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: first, an ideal, with takes the imagination by storm, and second, a definite intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into practice.

  Arnold J. Toynbee

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm.

  Arnold J. Toynbee

  Overcoming, Enthusiasm

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  The opposite of love is not hate. It is fear.

  Gary Zukav

  Love, Fear, Hate

  FaceBook post by Gary Zukav from Feb 25, 2015

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• Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

  Truth, Anger, Empathy

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